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Summary

Cairn at the east of the single stone row south-west of Hart Tor of 8 metres diameter by 0.8 metres high with a slight central hollow

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1020129: Tinworks and other archaeological remains in the Meavy valley at Stanlake, Black Tor, Hart Tor and Cramber Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57SE32
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/51/1
• Old SAM County Ref: 302
• Old SAM Ref Revised: 24106
• Old SAM Ref: 22297

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CAIRN (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Southern of two 'Hut Circles' shown on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

Southern of two 'Cairns' shown on early 20th century map.

Worth, R. H., 1946, The Stone Rows of Dartmoor. Part 1, 295 (Article in Serial). SDV251172.

Cairn diameter 7.7 metres, height 0.40 metres, at east end of alignment. Turf covered with central hollow. No retaining kerb.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX57SE32, SX57SE32 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV219084.

Grinsell, L. V. + Mercer, 1973, Cairn at Hart Tor at Stone Rows (Report - Survey). SDV272201.

Visited on 25th April 1973 Cairn hollow towards centre with diameter 9 metres, height 0.6 metres.

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 174 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130688 & 152534 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(01/08/1997) At SX 5772 7169. A round cairn 380m east-south-east of Black Tor situated at the eastern end of a single stone alignment. Diameter 8m, height 0.8m. Slight central hollow 2.5m by 1.5m by 0.4m deep.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 58-9, Map 46, Figure 46.5 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hart Tor single stone row cairn at SX57717169 of 7.5 metres diameter by 0.9 metres high surrounded by an outer ring of stones and a central pit.

Gerrard, S., 1999, Hart Tor Stone Rows and Cairns (Meavy Valley Archaeology Site Report 9), 11, Figs 4-5 (Report - Survey). SDV360981.

Gerrard, S., 1999, Meavy Valley Archaeology. Interim Report for 1997, 22 (Report - Interim). SDV225919.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Visible on the aerial photography.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, WLK-96 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 01/12/2019. Overall condition very good. Photo taken.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs, WLK-96 (Photograph). SDV363073.

Photo looking 310° showing grass/moss/heather covering.

Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.

Southern of two 'Cairns' shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1020129 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

Cairn at the east end of the southern stone row measures 8 metres in diameter and stands up to 0.8 metres high. A slight hollow in the centre of the mound suggests that this mound has been investigated.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7517 - Survey of Hart Tor tin works
• EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project

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